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re: Actors/Actresses who took roles that surprised you
Posted on 12/16/20 at 8:25 am to RollTide1987
Posted on 12/16/20 at 8:25 am to RollTide1987
Edward Norton as Bruce Banner
After Eric Bana & then for only the 1 movie. It technically was the start of the MCU, coming out before IronMan.
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Posted on 12/16/20 at 8:45 am to RollTide1987
Tom Hanks as a hitman in Road to Perdition before seeing the movie. He wasn't a villain like I thought he might be, but it was still strange to see him killing people
Posted on 12/16/20 at 8:46 am to skrayper
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Robert Pattinson as Batman - Because I only knew him from those god awful Twilight movies.
After watching Tenet, I am starting to see how he can pull it off. I still think he's undersized for the role, but he could win us over.
Posted on 12/16/20 at 1:34 pm to indianswim
quote:Maybe he'll talk to Matthew McConaughey about how he bulked up for Reign of Fire.
he's undersized for the role, but he could win us over.
Did anyone see a bad cop movie called Vice. Daryl Hannah looked really nasty in it. I wonderwed if she was thinking it would be her Monster.
Did she think looking greasy was going to add the her resume?
Posted on 12/16/20 at 1:51 pm to RollTide1987
Tom Cruise in Tropic Thunder
Posted on 12/16/20 at 2:39 pm to partywiththelombardi
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Your Highness
whats worse is that movie came out after Black Swan
"Natalie, you just won an oscar....what are you gonna do next?"
"Ima shite on it"
I’ve read numerous interviews where she has clearly stated she did Your Highness specifically because Black Swam was such an emotionally taxing role she wanted to do something ridiculous to get her out of that place with that character.
Posted on 12/16/20 at 6:07 pm to RollTide1987
Jason Mewes in Feast.
Posted on 12/16/20 at 6:47 pm to RollTide1987
Money dear boy.
If the money is there an actor will most likely cheerfully do something even if it is horrifically bad.
If the money is there an actor will most likely cheerfully do something even if it is horrifically bad.
Posted on 12/16/20 at 7:42 pm to Arksulli
Maybe not a great answer but I always found it funny that Brian Cox was in Super Troopers and absolutely killed it.
Posted on 12/17/20 at 9:08 am to Presidio
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Bill Murray in The Razor's Edge
I was thinking Billy Murray in Lost in Translation as well.
Charlize Theron - Monster
Vince Vaughn - Psycho
Posted on 12/17/20 at 12:18 pm to RollTide1987
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Tommy Lee Jones
TLJ in Men In Black was definitely a surprise as well (though he owned that role).
Posted on 12/17/20 at 12:26 pm to RollTide1987
Tyler Perry as Tanner Bolt (Gone Girl). In a good way.
Jesse Eisenberg as Lex Luthor. Not in a good way.
Jesse Eisenberg as Lex Luthor. Not in a good way.
Posted on 12/17/20 at 12:33 pm to RollTide1987
Bill Murray as Larry Darrell in The Razor's Edge
ETA...didn't look to see Presidio's post mentioning this, as well.
ETA...didn't look to see Presidio's post mentioning this, as well.
This post was edited on 12/17/20 at 12:35 pm
Posted on 12/17/20 at 12:51 pm to RollTide1987
Charlize in Monster
Ben Foster as Medivh in World of Warcraft was a serious WTF?
Ben Foster as Medivh in World of Warcraft was a serious WTF?
This post was edited on 12/17/20 at 12:54 pm
Posted on 12/17/20 at 1:12 pm to LSUDAN1
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For me it is Julianne Moore in Boogie Nights.
Yeah, but how famous was she before that?
Without looking it up...small part in "The Big Lebowski"? The doctor that catches Harrison Ford correcting that kid's chart in the elevator in "The Fugitive"?
Pretty sure that role put her on the map for the next decade or so.
Posted on 12/17/20 at 1:16 pm to Sasquatch Smash
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Yeah, but how famous was she before that?
She did Nine Months with Hugh Grant and Jurassic Park (The Lost World) before that.
Posted on 12/17/20 at 1:19 pm to Sasquatch Smash
Channing Tatum in Jump Street. Dude kills it in action comedy roles. I never would have expected it. But he owned the role.
Jonah Hill in Maniac. Really unleashed some acting ability.
Jonah Hill in Maniac. Really unleashed some acting ability.
Posted on 12/17/20 at 2:22 pm to BluegrassBelle
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Jurassic Park (The Lost World) before that.
That came out the same year as Boogie Nights, though. Not sure if that counts.
And, after looking it up, "The Big Lebowski" came out the following year to refute one of my earlier points.
Regardless, it seems like 1997 was the year her career truly broke, she was nominated for an Oscar for "Boogie Nights," after all.
Posted on 12/17/20 at 3:14 pm to Sun God
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Maybe not a great answer but I always found it funny that Brian Cox was in Super Troopers and absolutely killed it.
He kills in everything*
*The Ringer
Posted on 12/17/20 at 7:16 pm to RollTide1987
My surprise was Robert De Niro playing the role of Leonard Lowe in the Movie, Awakenings.
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